the government's no deal planning for traffic flow around dover has a budget of £35 million.er. tom burridge, bbc news, in kent. we have lots more on brexit on our website. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool are knocked out of the fa cup after a 2—1 loss at wolves making it back to back defeats forjurgen klopp's side. iran win 5—0, as they show why they are one of the favorites at the asian cup. and the dakar rally is underway — we'll bring you the latest from the race through the peruvian desert. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news in england, and the last of the fa cup third—round fixtures has seen wolves knock seven time winners and premier league leaders liverpool out with a 2—1win at molineaux. watching was ben croucher. if you're going out of the fa cup, go out with a bang. molineaux provided the spectacle befitting a final. wolves and liverpool provided a first half befitting the qualifying rounds. plenty of changes an

. on the motorways leading to dover.which recently the government tested part! operation - which the ef “seat“ eck ie h'htbe , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , ef aeeataa ask ial h'htbe , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , af aeeataa ask ial h'htbe , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , in kent af aeeataa alak ial “anal , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , in kent is af aeeataa aak ial “anal , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , in kent is used af aeaataa aak ial hahtaa , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , in kent is used as af aeaataa aa'a ial hahtaa , ,., ~ ,.. ~ ~ , in kent is used as a lorry airfield in kent is used as a lorry park, so what did we learn from that exercise? it's 5am in folkestone. colin has been driving lorries for more than 30 years, he works for int logistics mainly doing deliveries from the continent. this morning he is up early to do a special government would —— job for the government. here the driver of a lorry commissioned by the department for transport. digging part in a post—brexit traffic avoidance exercise. if there is no deal it is feared that extra border checks will cause traffic chaos around dover.

here are those moments from dover. honored, shannon kent, jonathan farmer, scott and ghadir. this is a very somber moment. family members of the americans killed are also present at this ceremony. and the president said earlier before departing for dover that this is one of the most difficult moments of his job, is meeting with the families, americans killed in hostile areas and those bodies being returned to dover air force base. and these are the pictures of the four americans killed. again, jonathan farmer, shannon kent, scott wirtz and ghadir taher. and our respects to those family members and to the fallen. again, these images just now coming in from dover air force base. with this contingent paying their respects to the bodies of the four americans. this was just earlier in the week, in which the americans were killed at a fairly populated location, in a restaurant in syria. and happened near simultaneous to the same time when the trump administration said isis had been defeated. then that suicide attack took pla

a convoy of lorries made the 20 mile trip between dover and the disused manston airport, which couldrk. but haulage groups dismissed the exercise as "too little too late", as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. more than 80 trucks parked on a runway. a government—led no—deal brexit drill, in case we exit the european union injust 12 weeks without a deal. manston airfield, near britain's biggest port, will become a holding area for trucks, if there are suddenly new checks on goods and long queues at the border. they're now despatching the lorries in a controlled fashion, trying to work out how the roads en route to dover will cope. truck drivers involved set off early. some believe no deal really is on the cards. on march 29th, i think it's going to be a bit of a fiasco. there won't be much getting out of the country and a lot coming in. i think the motorways will be absolute chaos. learning how to mitigate chaos on kent's roads in the approach towards dover was the aim of today's exercise, but it was small—scale — more than 80 lorries involved, when 10,000 pass through

this landing comes five days after the home secretary, sajid javid, visited dover, saying more shipskend to see if those new measures were in place. 0ur skipper did find some suspected sightings of migrants. matt, what have we got here? well, at the moment, it seems that the border force boat is heading towards dungeness and also hms mersey, so it looks like there could be something going on around that area, or maybe even on the beach. but this was a false sighting. unlike the eight who did make it today were the ninth man — not seen here — arrested on suspicion of helping them. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in kent. the work and pensions secretary has defended the decision to delay a commons vote on moving millions of people onto the new universal credit welfare system. amber rudd told the commons the delay is to ensure the rollout to the new system — which merges six different benefits into one monthly payment — goes smoothly. instead of moving three million people onto it, parliament will instead be asked to vote on transferring just 10,000 people to universal credit. it's been a big

he's researched the impact of potential delays at dover after brexit. good idea but the experiment, he said, didn't prove anything. the 89 lorries that actually showed up doesn't really compare with the critical mass of over 10,000 lorries on a daily basis. for the lorries on the a256. i'm joining the back of the queue now. we'll not be held here hardly at all. that could actually substantially reduce the capacity of local road networks and, in the case of the single—lane truck roads, that could actually create a complete blockage of the road and traffic. they've got to come up with some system, even in the event of a no—deal brexit. they've got to come up with some system which will delay the need for all these customs procedure for a period so they can phase them whether ear petitieiens and eereoean'e the department for transport told us: w will be considered carefully to ensure operation brock is fully there was little evidence of any ”7 777 7 7 £77 7757 :7 77; £2 §7 e‘fi ewes 5515 “e fif‘e‘e‘ are post—brexit border delays. itmight do something but sti

the government's no deal planning for traffic flow around dover has a budget of £35 million. halt the cost would be much higher. tom burridge, bbc news, in kent. police are to be handed extra powers to deal with drones after the disruption caused at gatwick airport in the run up to christmas, when a thousand flights were cancelled. the exclusion zone around airports is to be extended to three miles. police will be allowed to land and seize drones and issue on the spot fines. anyone operating a drone weighing over 250 grams will have to register it and take a competency test. a man accused of stabbing to death a passenger on a train in surrey has appeared in court charged with murder. lee pomeroy, who was 51, was travelling with his teenage son when the attack happened. darren pencille, who's 35, made two separate court appearances, charged with murder and possessing an offensive weapon. his partner was charged with assisting an offender, as our correspondent, angus crawford, reports. lee pomeroy, who was 51, described as a devoted family man, stabbed nine times on a train tra

long queues going back from from dover we can't afford house korczak sports languishing on the two for hours on end until they can access the ferry service and get through customs so that's why this prospect has really come to the fore in the last few months because surely the s.n.p. of constantly are going to be able to hold blacks and it strikes is that not your community because of stopping your own plan well not really of the options can we you know we can play both cards if you like if there's are one hundred then i think we need in scotland a clearer route right into the heart you look for you know the markets in europe are not going away just because we've decided as a few key to read it all from the european union and similarly if there's a new deal then all the problems that come with our i think scotland kind of we kind of leave school as industry left exposed their exporters left exposed to using push through dover or ramsgate or whatever we need our own ferry service from from before i was a minute fraction of scotland at the present moment i wouldn't have to go to the door

the truth is that dover and calais have traded successfully together for centuries and it is not in anyproblems in the english channel. we a re less problems in the english channel. we are less than three months to brexit and we still don't know whether there is going to be a deal or what sort of deal it will be — does this smacks of desperation, of quickly, we had better do something to see what the effect would be on the roads? well, it is right that we are prepared for every eventuality, we are ready on day one, deal or no deal. the key is to get a plan that will work, and that means keeping kent's motorways open the book making sure we just stay on the left—hand side of the motorway and use manston as a last resource. well, the results of this trial will be watched closely, the department for transport saying they need to prepare for all eventualities. and later today — join us for a brexit bbc ask this where we'll attempt to answer your questions on what happens next. what do you want to know about the brexit process and specifically what options are open to mps. whatever you want

traffic jam near the port of dover a waste of time. celebrate victory in belgium where regional. practices are being cruel the decision draws from religious groups. i don't think. all fifty percent of. the ritual muslims and jews are given. the team here and out here h.q. this day at eleven am here in moscow and here's your world news this hour there are more revelations of u.s. democrats meddling in a special election in the state of alabama and twenty seventeen the report says the fake social media accounts of a so-called dry alabama campaign were designed to tie the republican candidate with temperance baptist's to trying decimate his voter base. in the new york times has revealed that the twenty seventh election in the u.s. state of alabama was hit by a false flag facebook campaign and it did not come from russia democrats tried to create the illusion that republican candidate roy moore wanted to ban alcohol. i pledge to abstain from alcohol and live a moral life as defined in the bible i would i'm on the all my stuff follow my lead by abstaining from the devil's tonic i pled

our correspondent duncan kennedy reports from dover.cretary today heading out of dover to see for himself the border force operation in the channel. sajid javid spent half an hour on board in the kind of calm conditions that many migrants use to make their crossing. but mrjavid questioned whether those coming were actually fleeing persecution. if you are a genuine asylum seeker then why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in? because you know, france is not a country where anyone would argue it is not safe in any way whatsoever. but some migrant support groups say those comments from the home secretary are deeply concerning. and that these people should be treated as genuine. they also say that although more than 200 have landed since november, the numbers are minuscule in comparison to those trying to cross the mediterranean. my feeling is that it's been blown out of proportion. in the grand scheme of things these are small numbers of people arriving from northern france. and they have their reasons fo

on border patrol boat from dover, the home secretary question is whether migrants crossing the channely bowtie genuine asylum seekers. the singer struggling to make ends meet after being diagnosed with cancer. charities call on the government to do more to help those facing financial problems. and the ten—year—old maths genius in south africa who has become something of an internet sensation. 78 times 550. 32,900,000. and coming up on bbc news, only sir matt busby has done it before, but can ole gunnar solskjaer make it for out of four as manchester united had to newcastle? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. by the time they're ten years old, children in britain have eaten their way through an entire childhood's worth of sugar. that's according to research by public health england which is urging parents to take action and cut back on their children's sugar intake to tackle obesity. children over the age of four should have no more than the equivalent of five to seven cubes a day depending on their age — that's the recommended amount. but in reality they're consuming almo

manston airport could be used as a giant lorry park, if extra checks at dover were to lead to queues,30 miles. but the government also wants to test how easily those lorries could then make the 20—mile journey to dover. well, it's just gone eight in the morning, and this is the first group of lorries heading out of manston airport towards the port of dover. the aim is to put them out on the road network during rush hour, as people are heading to work or to school, to see how the system copes. the journey involves some single carriage roads, and many roundabouts with potential disruption to others in the area facing a convoy of trucks, and some are questioning the value of the trial. well, i welcome the department for transport ramping up brexit preparations, but this trial is on far too small a scale. it's just about 100 lorries, when about 10,000 lorries come to the channel ports every single day. this isn't the right routing. the better thing is to use kent's motorways, not an airfield. some of those paid by the department for transport to take part believe it's too little, too late

as more people are detained off the coast of dover today, ministers warn it is only a matter of time before lives are lost. the government defends its handling of the rise and migrants crossing the channel after calls for more patrol boats. with more than 200 people arriving in the past two months, the immigration minister blames organised crime gangs trading in human misery. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. sajid javit says there is no easy answer, as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. the channel migrant crossings: the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. a patrol boat in dover, sajid javit says that is attempting the risky trip england should be claiming asylum in france instead. there was also significant coverage on the bbc news website, where the situation was referred to as a crisis. that reflected sajid javid's interpretation but was the bbc right to go along with its? a number of viewers thought not with this person writing: there was also another objection voiced by v

the president is at dover air force base for the dignified tra transfer from the four americans killeda three of the four have been identified. and that attack prompted a fresh round of criticism, and this morning the president defended that decision. >> i think it's the toughest thing i have to do. you have to ask yourself, we're killing isis for russia, for iran, for syria, for iraq, for a lot of other places, and at some point, you want to bring our people back home, but we've done a very-- we're down to 99%. we have control of 99% and we're hitting the rest of it very, very powerfulfully over the last three weeks. >> now, of course, that defense has not staunched the criticism even from some republicans that the president needs to back off the plan of withdrawal of troops from syria. we'll keep our eye out from the announcement 4:00 this afternoon from the white house. >> you and your team are working your sources to see if you can get any idea what he's going to say. thank you. >> as the marches go on, women's march is expected to be lower than the original demonstration two years

push through dover or ramsgate or wherever we need our own ferry service from from before i was a minute fraction of scotland at the present moment i wouldn't have to go to the door for a round of all the possible difficulties or could go to newcastle surely which is pretty close to scotland bill is it really sustainable to have another us when those already one in newcastle where we think that is and you know that no one person or along the whole process of discussions has suggested that it's not a good idea that we shouldn't actually go for less. you know i think if we can make the numbers help african find new users of ferry service and maintain over a longer term then the national and the reason why we can't have that ferry service running from the. national level of support. seems to be the chosen destination of why is that enough you made contacts if you've been on a visit to drum up support already well however. the reports have met with me here in westminster as well so as have the flanders government of the scottish government well the scottish government you know everybody sayi

beyond the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic free dover port on the first working day for many of the new year were misleading only a hardy few expect no deal to be an easy ride jonah al-jazeera southeast england had a brazil's environmental protection organization bama has resigned after the new president terrible sorrow criticized the agency's spending us and our has frequently criticized organization which is responsible for protecting the amazon rain forest and a right wing president has also announced that the funding of nongovernmental organizations will be rigidly controlled. the prime minister of bangladesh has been sworn in again after winning a third consecutive term in office summer's election saw shaken has seen his party when more than ninety five percent of seats in parliament the opposition accuse the government of rigging the results and called the farcical tunbridge pottery has the latest for us from dhaka. takes over for time as prime minister of bangladesh she has a new cabinet at least forty seven ministers dipped a minister and state minister a lot of

as more people are detained off the coast of dover today, ministers warn it is only a matter of time before lives are lost. the government defends its handling of the rise and migrants crossing the channel after calls for more patrol boats. with more than 200 people arriving in the past two months, the immigration minister blames organised crime gangs trading in human misery. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. sajid javit says there is no easy answer, as another group of migrants are found by border officials on the kent coast this morning. the channel migrant crossings: the home secretary questions whether they are genuine asylum seekers. a patrol boat in dover, sajid javit says that is attempting the risky trip england should be claiming asylum in france instead. there was also significant coverage on the bbc news website, where the situation was referred to as a crisis. that reflected saj id that reflected sajid javid's interpretation but was the bbc right to go along with its? a number of viewers thought not with this person writing: there was also another

the event of a no deal brexit , it is slated as an alternative route to avert bottlenecks in nearby dover. but the plan by the transport secretary has been sharply criticized. the harbor is too shallow to accommodate freight ships. >> it is a fantasy. it is what i would call the emperors new port.

phil black, cnn, near dover. >>> what is it the u.s. president an expert on?ding to him he knows the most about everything. that story's next. no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. >>> on wall street, stocks have major gains in a roller coaster week of trading. the s&p 500 was up more than 3% while the nasdaq climbed to more than 4%. they rallied fall eoing a strong jobs report. federal reserve chairman jerome powell saying the fed will be flexible when considering interest rates. >>> ever met somebody who knows everything? >> reporter: remember how muhammad ali always used to call himself the greatest al

ridicule truckers brander staged traffic jam near the port of dover a waste of time. and animal rights activists celebrate a victory in belgium where a region has banned. slaughtering practices from being cruel but the decision draws from religious groups. i don't think it against any of the top fifty percent of. the. animal. before being killed following the ritual. are going to be given. the full service is. there live worldwide from moscow this is the international she is de morning at ten here in the russian capital across this hour there are more revelations of us democrats meddling in a special election in the state of alabama in twenty seventeen fresh reports says that fake social media accounts of a so-called dry alabama campaign were designed to tie the republican candidate with temperance baptist's to try to decimate his voter base more than. the new york times has revealed that the twenty seventeen special election in the u.s. state of alabama was hit by a false flag facebook campaign and it did not come from russia democrats tried to create the illusion th

time and too late it was supposed to be a rehearsal for a new deal breaks it near the port town of dover poly boyko reports this was a department for transport trial it was called operation brock and it's all about stress testing the u.k.'s rodin haulage system to see if it would be able to handle the potential disruption euphemistic least. reaking in the event of a no deal bragg's it now on to the government's contingency plans they took a disused airport about thirty miles away from dover and said that they could use it as a parking facility for up to six thousand lorries so to test this plan that department of transport hyatt a number of trucks and got them to drive from this disused at four via a number of small roads owned to the port of dover but and this is a pretty thing but only eighty nine lorries took part in the trial so you can take a look at what operation brought looks like now. they're not a good representation of a bad situation and chaos in the event of a no deal breakers there and there was a bit of criticism for the government's contingency planning first and foremost

it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal bridges will stretch more than forty kilometers involving thousands of vehicles and taking many hours to resolve it wasn't immediately clear what this exercise involving just eighty nine trucks was designed to demonstrate a cynic might suggest that all this is political theater part of the government's last ditch efforts to convince doubting m.p.'s the tories amazed brings a deal but they'll be voting on next week is better than the chaos of a no deal exit from the european union where this life test did succeed was in showing off the very last minute nature of the government's no deal planning and it served as a timely reminder of the vexed state of british politics they're never going to agree they don't agree on anything so they know that the labor was one thing conservative was not was is never they never going to be one thing said it was going to be a thought. beyond that the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic creed dover port on the first working day for many of the new year were misleading har

only eighty nine trucks took part in the trial of an emergency traffic system to avoid congestion in dover a fraction of daily traffic ramsgate has already borne the brunt of jokes ridiculed as the town of failed preparations. i think that we're just being a bit used their i'd i think right right right wing groups who are trying to push for and for this no deal in the way they are the only people that seem to be appeasing everybody else just instituted a job hotel owners in ramsgate want clarity on what awaits their town amid brecht's that uncertainty their earnings have been dropping for months but the mayor isn't rattled by the prospect of impending chaos he'd be fine with a disorderly bragg's it because that would catapult the sleepy town of ramsgate into the headlines as the no deal harbor town. well the double comes from the big masses in london outside britain so houses of parliament welcome to get the debate has begun the vote is tonight is there any sign that the expected overwhelming government defeat is going to be averted. it really doesn't look like the m.p.'s have any mood to

under the government's contingency plans they took a disused airport about thirty miles away from dover and said that they could use it as a parking facility for up to six thousand lorries so to test this plan the department of transport hyatt a number of trucks and got them to drive from this disused fire a number of small roads owned to the port of dover bought and this is a pretty thing but only eighty nine lorries took part in the trial so you can take a look at what operation brought looks like now. they're not a good representation of a bad situation and chaos in the event of a no deal breakers it and there was a bit of criticism for the government's contingency planning first and foremost it came from the old story see on both trucks and roads that the road haulage association they represent wholly is and they said that the whole endeavor was quite frankly a waste of time this plumbing should have been done many months ago but i'm preferably on a bigger scale it should have been continuous stress tested i don't many truck drivers will be impressed by this what we need is a deal t

lorries will then be released depending on the traffic to get to the port of dover.th the transport industry... car sales are not looking good...? that's right. more bad news for the uk car industry today. sales of new vehicles fell by 7% last year, that's the second consecutive year of declines and the biggest fall since the financial crisis. lack of confidence around brexit, increasing environmental awareness and new regulations all being blamed. manufacturers also mentioning the b—word today. a survey of the members of industry trade body the eef has showed more than three—quarters of british manufacturers think any delays at the border would be a risk for their business. quite a few manufacturers also planning to stockpile goods before we leave the eu. it's a big week for retailers, with m&s, debenhams and tesco all reporting christmas trading figures. department store selfridges says it had a great festive period, with sales 8% higher than last year. that includes in store and online. and finally, it has had a practically perfect box office opening, but now it's

this would cause massive congestion around the port of dover, so the uk has been trying to figure outa test conducted by the government today, involving 89 lorries, to see if a disused airfield could act as a holding bay for trucks headed for dover, just under 20 miles away. the test went fine, but hauliers complained it was too little too late, and pointed out that over 10,000 trucks use the channel ports every day. other no deal preparations include plans to run extra ferry services through the port of ramsgate — that's to lighten the burden on dover. also seaborne freight has been given a £13.8 million contract to run a freight service between ramsgate and 0stend in belgium if there's no deal — this remember is a company with no ships. that's one concern. here's another. over the weekend a local councillor in ramsgate said the port can't handle it — "there is terrific concern that we can not possibly be ready. there isn't the width or the breadth of the berths that is needed to carry large ships. i don't see how, with the state of the harbour and the port and the number of repairs

do you know when the president decided to head to dover?porter: well, we first got an indication of this happening last night. i don't know precisely when president trump decided that he wanted to take part, but this is among the most or this is frankly the most sol lep activity any president as commander in chief can take part in. we understand the president was on hand to receive the remains of all four americans. i'm going to pause and stop talking for this moment. >> reporter: a final salute for the body of scott. he served as part of the navy s.e.a.l.s till 2005. he had since deployed three times to the middle east as a civilian with the defense intelligence agency which is the pentagon's intelligence gathering operation. scott wirtz was 42 years old and hailed from st. louis, missouri. and one of the reasons why his friends say he wanted to go back was because he craved the adrenaline rush of being in the field. and he died in service to the countr country. >> an honorable thing that he did by serving his country but certainly a trage

beyond that the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic free dover port on the first working day for many of the new year were misleading you know hardy few expect no deal to be an easy ride jonah al-jazeera southeast england. the worst of the great fragile crisis may now be over but the government is still having to ask for help to pay for major projects it's now asking its own citizens the contribution towards replacing its out they to naval fleet in a massive crowdfunding scheme and as john psaropoulos reports from asons it could be a case of history repeating itself. greece's thirteen frigates form the backbone of its navy but they are now three decades old refitting them would cost more than half the price of a new fleet and without the capabilities so the heloc navy is looking for a brand new fleet and it's taking donations gallagher's a little if there's a call on great ship owners and greek citizens to contribute something from their surplus in a special account set up to acquire a new fleet of frigates and a new flagship greek defense spending has fallen by forty percent

deal brags that it's slated as an alternative route to avert bottlenecks amid customs chaos in nearby dover but the plan by transport secretary chris grayling has been sharply criticized the harbor is too shallow to accommodate freight ships it is a five it is what's. all because we improve newport and the emperor in question is chris crowley he cannot see that this court is completely naked of all the facilities you might need to be in international pools. the harbor is as ill prepared for the freight service as the company awarded the contract to run it not only has it never operated a ferry service it doesn't have ships steve coombs and his action group discovered that some time ago as the transport secretary insists that's not a problem the government is testing other no deal scenarios alive rehearsal last week this time at ramsgate defunct airport but only eighty nine trucks took part in the trial of an emergency traffic system to avoid congestion in dover a fraction of daily traffic ramsgate is already the brunt of jokes ridiculed as the town of failed preparations i think that we're

this landing comes five days after the home secretary sajid javid visited dover, saying more ships areover the weekend to see if those new measures were in place. our skipper did find some suspected sightings of migrants. matt, what have we got here? well, at the moment, it seems that the border force boat is heading towards dungeness and also hms mersey, so it looks like there could be something going on around that area or maybe even on the beach. but this was a false sighting. unlike the eight who did make it today, the ninth man, unseen here, arrested on suspicion of helping them. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister has unveiled a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england, aimed at saving up to half a million lives, in the coming decade. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at number ten, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals, next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey in front of his teenage son, has appeared in court charged with murder. an update on the market number

beyond that the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic free dover port on the first working day for many of the new year were misleading only a hardy few expect no deal to be an easy ride jonah al-jazeera southeast england. now grace is asking it says to help foot the bill for you was shipped and a threat isn't enough the country may have to look abroad for funding also wrote the last reports from athens. greece is thirteen frigates form the backbone of its navy but they are now three decades old refitting them would cost more than half the price of a new fleet and without the capabilities so the heloc navy is looking for a brand new fleet and it's taking donations galligan fairly limited reserves i call on great ship owners and greek citizens to contribute something from their surplus in a special account set up to acquire a new fleet of frigates and a new flagship greek defense spending has fallen by forty percent to six billion dollars during a decade of recession and even though it's still one of the biggest spenders in nato greece says it cannot afford new equipment and its

he was with secretary pompeo among others as he headed to dover. sometimes after arrival there the president will come over and chat. we will keep an eye here on these pictures. the president on what they are called the baby air force one. as we wait to see if the president has anything to say ahead of his big speech. they headed out to dover. he just said stay tuned for the major announcement. formally with the rnc. thank you for having me. reporting from our program up on capitol hill. there is a 5:00 p.m. conference call today to brief house gop members after president trump and his offer that will be made at 4:00 p.m. fox is told that they will discuss a trade for some provisions in temporary status but one wonders how different this is a from senator lindsey graham and the proposal that has been pushed for months. and what many in the space had called amnesty. if he gets money for the wall. i think this really is a delicate balance. the president does want to come to the table with an offer unlike at the democrats he is not the obstructionist

our correspondent duncan kennedy reports from dover.er to see for himself the border force operation in the channel. sajid javid spent half an hour on board in the kind of calm conditions that many migrants use to make their crossing. but mrjavid questioned whether those coming were actually fleeing persecution. if you are a genuine asylum seeker then why have you not sought asylum in the first safe country that you arrived in? because you know, france is not a country where anyone would argue it is not safe in any way whatsoever. but some migrant support groups say those comments from the home secretary are deeply concerning. and that these people should be treated as genuine. they also say that although more than 200 have landed since november, the numbers are minuscule in comparison to those trying to cross the mediterranean. my feeling is that it has been blown out of proportion. in the grand scheme of things, these are small numbers of people arriving from northern france. and they have their reasons for wanting to come to the uk.

it's voted down no deal becomes as i said ever more possible that means customs checks at borders dover port of course a main artery way to the continent they would be tailbacks queues of trucks like that forty kilometers along one of britain's busiest highways this is a contingency putting them all in an unused airfield in kent and then feeding them slowly along a secondary route through the kent countryside well there are two phases of this happening here on monday the first during rush hour this morning and evidence it has to be said of how it's all gone is not good a taxi driver i spoke to a short while ago said look there was such gridlock on that a two five six in the kent countryside if you lived here and this would have become a daily occurrence which under no deal scenario it quite possibly would he said you'd simply have to move you wouldn't be able to get to work you wouldn't be able to get to school. greece is asking its taxpayers to contribute above what they owe so it can buy new warships and they may have circle broad for money jones are up for us reports from athens. gre

this landing comes five days after the home secretary sajid javid visited dover, saying warships arected sightings of migrants. matt, what have we got here? well, at the moment, it seems that the border force boat is heading towards dungeness and also hms mersey, so it looks like there could be something going on around that area or maybe even on the beach. but this turned out to be a false sighting. unlike da who did make it today, the ninth man, unseen here, arrested on suspicion of helping them. —— unlike the eighth. it's the start of the awards season in hollywood. a lot was made in 2018 about the lack of women and people of colour represented in the main acting and directing category‘s. this year it will be different. last night one of the two hosts was sandra oh — in itself a breakthrough. she became the first asian woman to front a major awards show in the united states. she also picked up her own best actress award for her role in the hit bbc drama "killing eve". in fact it was a good night for british stars all round — 0livia colman was named best actress for her role as que

things that the auto industry bringing in safety checks something dover has no capacity to do could hugely disrupt the trade in perishable goods more on all of this with jonah. well we're just twelve weeks to go now to march the twenty ninth over there is live contingency planning taking place for the possibility now ever more realistic of a no deal exit for britain from the european union there is apparent deadlock in parliament tickly over to reason may's bragg's a deal to be voted on in the next ten days or so if it's voted down no deal becomes as i said ever more possible that means customs checks at borders dover port of course main artery way to the continent they would be tailbacks queues of trucks like that forty kilometers along one of britain's busiest highways this is a contingency putting them all in an unused airfield in kent and then feeding them slowly along a secondary route through the kent countryside well there are two phase. so this happening here on monday the first during rush hour this morning and evidence it has to be said of how it's all gone is not good tax

it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal briggs it will stretch more than forty kilometers involving thousands of vehicles and taking many hours to resolve it wasn't immediately clear what this exercise involving just eighty nine trucks was designed to demonstrate a cynic might suggest that all this is political theater part of the government's last ditch efforts to convince doubting m.p.'s the tories amaze brings a deal that they'll be voting on next week is better than the chaos of a no deal exit from the european union where this live test did succeed was in showing off the very last minute nature of the government's no deal planning and it served as a timely reminder of the vexed state of british politics they're never going to agree they don't agree on anything so then a little. it was one thing conservative woman was laughing stock is never the never going to agree one thinks that it was going to be a thought. beyond the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic free though the port on the first working day for many of the new year with mislea

it's estimated queues for customs checks at dover in the event of a no deal briggs it will stretch more than forty kilometers involving thousands of vehicles and taking many hours to resolve it wasn't immediately clear what this exercise involving just eighty nine trucks was designed to demonstrate a cynic might suggest that all this is political theater part of the government's last ditch efforts to convince doubting m.p.'s the tories amaze brings a deal that they'll be voting on next week is better than the chaos of a no deal exit from the european union where this live test did succeed. in showing off the very last minute nature of the government's no deal planning and it served as a timely reminder of the vexed state of british politics then they're going to agree they don't agree on anything so they know the lady was one thing conservative when the office once a mom says is never they never going to agree one thing said it was going to be a thought. beyond the relatively clear roads and a largely traffic free dove a port on the first working day for many of the new year were mislea

so come into dover every single day withjust food and drink. every single day with just food and drink. so it is a critical route and we need to make sure that we agree this in an orderly manner otherwise it will lead to friction and challenges in getting food across here. we saw it last year in the snow. it doesn't ta ke last year in the snow. it doesn't take much to take food off the shelves and it creates absolute meltdown. the government has announced a pilot scheme to allow 7000 seasonal agricultural workers to continue to come here after brexit but says in the long term farmers must adapt and use new technology. i am a dairy farm in the south—east of scotland and milking cows using robots, as we have done for a number of years. cows using robots, as we have done fora number of years. going forward , fora number of years. going forward, for productivity and efficiency in agriculture, it will be imperative that we have access to and utilise technology to the best of our abilities. for years we have enjoyed the best produce from around the w

in either port. —— dover and calais.ll come back extra facilities. i will pause there... bertie, i will come back to you, i absolutely promise. now i wa nt you, i absolutely promise. now i want a more general overview. we will come back to trade. people who are worried about the no—deal brexit and people who actually want one. who is worried? yes, i come from northern ireland and we are campaigning fora northern ireland and we are campaigning for a people's vote. the thought of no—deal brexit in northern ireland is absolutely disastrous. i have been speaking to young people across northern ireland who are looking at massive amounts of uncertainty. northern ireland had 20 years of uncertainty, violence and strife on the streets. we don't wa nt and strife on the streets. we don't want that again. i haven't grown up with that and the thought that no—deal brexit could put aboard a back up and people will be facing the same violence and anger of the past, it is not something that i want. so you think there is a real possibili

manston airport could be used as a giant lorry park, if extra checks at dover were to lead to queues,ile journey to dover. well, it's just gone eight in the morning, and this is the first group of lorries heading out of manston airport towards the port of dover. the aim is to put them out on the road network during rush hour, as people are heading to work or to school, to see how the system copes. the journey involves some single carriage roads, and many roundabouts with potential disruption to others in the area facing a convoy of trucks, and some are questioning the value of the trial. well, i welcome the department for transport ramping up brexit preparations, but this trial is on far too small a scale. it's just about 100 lorries, when about 10,000 lorries come to the channel ports every single day. this isn't the right routing. the better thing is to use kent's motorways, not an airfield. some of those paid by the department for transport to take part believe it's too little, too late, and the trial should have taken place months ago. this will work, but it needs work. it needs m

having to be implemented at border posts with thirty three kilometers where i'm standing here from dover the port one of the main trade arteries to the continent the estimate is that heavy haulage trucks held up by customs checks there would stretch back forty kilometers or more along the m twenty that's a big artery out of london heading south so what's happening here is a live exercise where they're diverting that truck traffic to manston airfield behind me over there it's a disused airfield in kent about thirty three kilometers from dover it has a capacity for forty six thousand trucks so using one hundred fifty or so in today's exercise and the idea is to divert them there and then see how in a phased way they can disperse that traffic through the kent countryside along a secondary road to dover and keep the m twenty running they're doing it in two phases you can see them lining up there for the second phase the first was during the rush hour and i have to say the evidence of how it's all gone was not good talking to a taxi driver who brought us to this point who experienced the rush

deal breaks it will further ridicule the lorry drivers branding a staged traffic jam near the port of dover a total waste of time. a victory for animal rights activists the anger among religious minorities in europe as belgium now bans the jewish and muslim ritual for slaughtering animals. muslims and jews are going to be given the perception that they are not full citizens cited for humane recent study before we simply respect our laws. hello and welcome to out internationals world news updates live from moscow this monday night with me kevin now in first and democrats in the state of alabama attempted to undermine the republican candidate in the twenty seventeen senate race by linking him to a bogus ad campaign to ban alcohol in the state seems the claim was made in century a new report by the new york times with more of the revelation. the new york times is revealing that there was a democrat and progressive group that was pushing essentially false flag advertisements during the twenty seventeen senate special election in alabama they were trying to give the impression with these adverti